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by Diana Gabaldon
This story brings us even deeper into the world of 18th century America. Every interaction draws more and more emotion from the reader.

Many times through this story, I found myself smiling and thinking “Oh Jamie”. He is hell on the heart. He can’t melt it, and break it, and make it grow. I have never read a love story more moving than this series and I doubt that I ever will. Continue reading →

by Emma Chase
If it were not for the beginning of the book, where we see the effect of love on Drew (basically turning him into a hot mess), it would be easy to dislike Drew. He is talented, and knows it. He is sexy, and knows it. He is successful, and knows it. Not digging Drew? Just wait… wait until Kate enters the picture. It is wonderful! Continue reading →

by Priscilla West
The notable difference between this book and others in the same genre is that our heroine, Kristen, does not just jump at the chance to be with the hero, Vincent. Although she wants to be with him (and really who wouldn’t want some Vincent lovin’?) she rejects him at first. And we are talking real rejection, not the playful “no, we shouldn’t” but then 2 seconds later they are jumping at him. Continue reading →

by Kelley Armstrong
As a reader, you really start to feel the internal struggle Elena is dealing with as she tries her hardest to be “normal”. She is basically living 2 lives. She has the pack at Stonehaven, and Clay of course, and then she has humanity in Toronto with Philip. It goes beyond that though. She not only hides her wolfy instincts, she also hides any of the abrasive aspects of her personality. What can you expect though, given that she never had a stable home. Continue reading →

by Diana Gabaldon
By this point in the Outlander Series, I am so completely and totally hooked that Gabaldon could write 900 pages about Claire and Jamie doing laundry and I would still love it. Not everyone feels that way, but I don’t think that I am in any way the minority in my opinion. Continue reading →

by Diana Gabaldon
It goes without saying (but I will say it anyway) that the writing excellent. Gabaldon has had her novels edited and re-edited to the point where the final product is polished. Each character has so much depth and so many unique qualities that it is easy to keep them straight -even though there are so many. The dialogue flows smoothly and is individualized for each person. Continue reading →

by Diana Gabaldon
A large portion of the first 3rd or so of the book is spent learning what has happened to Jamie over the last 20 years. We not only learn what happens, we also get to see Claire, Roger and Brianna’s reactions to it. I do wish we had more of Brianna’s reaction. I would very much like to know what she thinks of her father.

Even still, it is very hard to read about their time apart and very emotional for those of us who are in love with Claire and Jamie. Continue reading →

by Ellie R. Hunter
I wanted to like this book. I really did. But instead I found it to be only mildly entertaining at best. If you have read my About me page, you know that editing errors are usually not a huge deal for me. I make sure to mention them in a review because I know that some people find them hard to overlook. This book is an exception to the rule. I almost stop reading several times because the editing errors were consuming the story. It is not just typos or a slip up here and there.

This book contains a lot of grammatical errors, punctuation mistakes, tense mix ups, typos and even missing words. There were even parts where comas and periods were mixed up. To top it all of there were some slight story inconsistencies. Ahh! Continue reading →

by Crystal Spears
This is an MC book. There are drug, graphic language and explicit sex. Really it wouldn’t be an MC book without it. However, there are also some torture scenes, rape, cheating and hard drugs. These tend to be red flags for some people so I figured a friendly warning was warranted.

And for those of you who cannot get into a book if there are editing and gramatical errors, you may want to skip this one. Or at least be warned before starting it. The point of view changes tense randomly, there are a lot of punctuation issues and a few typos. Continue reading →

by Bec Botefuhr
This was just so very bad. I read reviews before I started this book and some said that it just had way too much going on. I really didn’t think it would bother me. I was so wrong. Continue reading →